Olive Whistler

SCI Name:  Pachycephala olivacea
Protonym:  Pachycephala olivacea Trans.Linn.Soc.London(1), 15(1826) p.241
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Pachycephalidae / Pachycephala
Taxonomy Code:  oliwhi1
Type Locality:  no type locality; Tasmania designated by Mathews, 1920, Birds Australia, 8, p. 261.
Author:  Vigors & Horsfield
Publish Year:  1827
IUCN Status:  Least Concern

DEFINITIONS

PACHYCEPHALA
(Pachycephalidae; Ϯ Golden Whistler P. pectoralis) Gr. παχυς pakhus  large, thick; κεφαλη kephalē  head; from the appearance of their large rounded heads the Indomalayan and Australasian whistlers were formerly known as 'thickheads'; "The interval betweeen the present groups and those of the Pari, where we entered on the family [Pipridæ], appears to be filled up by a race of birds peculiar to New Holland, and hitherto uncharacterized, of which the Muscicapa pectoralis, Lath. is the type*. These, uniting many external characters, at least, both of the Berry-Eaters and Flycatchers, exhibit also in general appearance a considerable resemblance to the Pari, and will be found, I conjecture, to be the connecting bond between all these groups.  ...  * Mr. Swainson has lately formed this group into a genus by the name of Pachycephala.  Nov. 1824." (Vigors 1825); "Genus. PACHYCEPHALA*. Swains. MSS.  ... Caput tumidiusculum.  ...  In their general appearance some of the species exhibit a resemblance to the birds of the genus Procnias, Ill., while by the puffed-out appearance of the feathers about the head, we trace an approximation to some of the Linnean Pari.  ...  * παχυς crassus, and κεφαλη caput" (Vigors & Horsfield 1827). 
Var. Pachycephalus. 
Synon. Alisterornis, Gilbertornis, Hylocharis, Hyloterpe, Lewinornis, Malacolestes, Mattingleya, Musciterpe, Muscitrea, Mutevodia, Pachycilodryas, Psaltricephus, Pucherania, Timixos.

olivacea
Mod. L. olivaceus olive-green, olivaceous < L. oliva olive.
● ex “Olivert” of Levaillant 1803, pl. 125 (syn. Camaroptera brachyura).
● ex “Olivet” of de Buffon 1770-1783, and “Olive Tanager” (= ♀) of Latham 1783, and Pennant 1785 (Piranga).
● ex “Olive-coloured Warbler” of Brown 1776, and Latham 1783 (unident.).
● ex “Promérops olivâtre” of Audebert & Vieillot 1800-1802 (unident.; Meliphagidae).

SUBSPECIES

Olive Whistler (macphersoniana)
SCI Name: Pachycephala olivacea macphersoniana
macphersoniana / macphersonianus
Macpherson Range, southern Queensland, Australia.

Olive Whistler (olivacea)
SCI Name: Pachycephala olivacea olivacea
olivacea
Mod. L. olivaceus olive-green, olivaceous < L. oliva olive.
● ex “Olivert” of Levaillant 1803, pl. 125 (syn. Camaroptera brachyura).
● ex “Olivet” of de Buffon 1770-1783, and “Olive Tanager” (= ♀) of Latham 1783, and Pennant 1785 (Piranga).
● ex “Olive-coloured Warbler” of Brown 1776, and Latham 1783 (unident.).
● ex “Promérops olivâtre” of Audebert & Vieillot 1800-1802 (unident.; Meliphagidae).

Olive Whistler (bathychroa)
SCI Name: Pachycephala olivacea bathychroa
bathychroa
Gr. βαθυχρους bathukhrous  deep-coloured  < βαθυς bathus  deep; χροα khroa, χροας khroas  appearance, colour  < χρως khrōs, χρωτος khrōtos  complexion.

Olive Whistler (apatetes)
SCI Name: Pachycephala olivacea apatetes
apatetes
Gr. απατητης apatētēs  deceiver  < απαταω apataō  to deceive  < απατη apatē  trick.

Olive Whistler (hesperus)
SCI Name: Pachycephala olivacea hesperus
hesperus
Gr. ἑσπερος hesperos  evening star, western (cf. Gr. myth Hesperos, stargazing son of Eos and who was changed into the evening star Venus).